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We had this spider crawling on our house today by our back door and we're trying to figure out what type of spider it is. It's pretty scary looking, so I didn't put anything up next to it to show its size when I took the picture, but it is roughly the size of a standard female black widow. Anyone know what it is?

Agreed! And having our two year old running in and out right next to it was kinda freaky too. The spider is dead now (smooshed all over the wall), but I would still like to know what kind of spider it was.

"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts

Of course, this isn't Australia, where it would likely try to kill you just because.

I could probably point to ten redback spiders around my house right now, There's one who lives about 3 feet away from where I work on my patio. I generally leave them alone unless they make a web somewhere stupid.

In my area of the world we have just regular old non-poisonous smaller spiders, no snakes or reptiles, and yellowjacket wasps and bees that won't bother you unless you try to kill them....and black and red ants, I guess. That's the extent of our creepy-crawlies. Kind of nice, actually.